U23 World League

FC Lothlorien
Spectators: 7764 (Terracing: 5824, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 顾昆烨 got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucrețiu Mălăele in the 3rd minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Trenton Call to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when 李霄鹏 Xara got free with Trenton Call in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 李霄鹏 Xara hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Raymundo Kirkland recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 32nd match minute, Black Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidney Lin to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the game, Lucrețiu Mălăele lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Trenton Call. The audience was convinced that 顾昆烨's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trenton Call was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. 李霄鹏 Xara kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Trenton Call took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucrețiu Mălăele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute, 李霄鹏 Xara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sidney Lin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Dinu Kent tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Raymundo Kirkland to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leandro Baptista during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 53 minutes, 李霄鹏 Xara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fc Lothlorien and the Black Knights FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 53 played minutes Fc Lothlorien got a freekick which was hit by 李霄鹏 Xara. A collision led to Black Knights FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Elias Ferguson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iustinian Urseanu in the 61st minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Trenton Call to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucrețiu Mălăele fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trenton Call having to interfere. If 李霄鹏 Xara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 顾昆烨 in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Trenton Call saved Black Knights FC from getting behind. Trenton Call took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 顾昆烨, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barry Drummond hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After 78 minutes of play, Fc Lothlorien's 顾昆烨 made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Trenton Call was left in no man's land by his defense there! George Cao Xiao hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Martin Suciu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 86th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Trenton Call. Black Knights FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some careless play in the Black Knights FC defense, 顾昆烨 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trenton Call. The Black Knights FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trenton Call should have stopped the shot. In the 96th minute, Barry Drummond hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Fc Lothlorien fully deserved thier win.